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The Elizabethtown City Council met for their second regular meeting of the month Monday.
The council approved the 2026-2027 city budget on the budget ordinance’s second reading. Members of the council expressed their thanks to city department heads for their work on the budget and highlighted projects outlined, including enhancements for parks and recreation. Council Member Tony Bishop said he is happy to see the city working to better connect the community with the completion of the Commerce Drive extension.
“When I first came on the council, that was something that was discussed and it was just a dream in a way, but now we’re at a point where all groups, all of the partnerships that we have between on the state level, the county level, and now all the things we have coming together just to see that road connect our town from one end to the other,” Bishop said.
The council also approved ordinances on their second readings which annexed 1615 Saint John Road, to be zoned Urban Residential (R-4), and amended the borders for the Downtown Elizabethtown Historic Preservation Overlay to include more historic sites including the Brown-Pusey House.
A municipal order was approved accepting the bid from SpecSeats International for the seating at the outdoor music venue. The council rejected the original bidding on the seats, and after project organizers drafted new bid requirements the bid was accepted for $767,300 or $830,300 with cupholders.
Several bids for materials for the city’s Public Works Department were accepted. Public Works Director Don Hill said costs are up but not dramatically.
“If you look at the paving, on the bituminous concrete there was about a 6 percent increase,” Hill said. “Liquid asphalt is down this month. Earlier in the year, it was right around $700 a ton, $710. It’s at $690 per ton. That’s 6 percent of the composition of the bituminous concrete.”
The Elizabethtown City Council will next meet June 22.
Breckinridge County families are invited to come out to the Breckinridge Community Pool this Thursday for the Longest Day of Play.
Breckinridge County Coalition for Change Fiscal Agent Andrea Sheroan says the event is inspired by June 21 traditionally having the most hours of sunlight.
“We took this as a public health initiative to invite people to use the sunlight to play all day and be active, and just kind of feed mind, body, soul,” Sheroan says.
Children and parents will get to swim for free, and the event will feature inflatables, disc golf, crafts, and other activities.
“The library’s out there,” Sheroan says. “We have other community resources that are available, not just for the kiddos, but for family members. Our family resource coordinators in the county of all of our schools play a major role in planning and executing this event. It’s just really a wonderful thing to bring kiddos out and get some exercise.”
The Longest Day of Play runs Thursday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
“There’s no cost and there’s no registration, and it’s a free event for all who reside in Breckinridge County,” Sheroan says.
A flyer for the event can be found on the Breckinridge County Health Department Facebook page.
The first decline in independent or other voter registration in more than a year was seen in Kentucky in May.
The Kentucky Secretary of State’s Office says voter registration saw a net increase of 104 voters in the month of May.
According to the Secretary of State’s office, Republican registration in May increased by 3,747 voters. Democratic registration decreased by 3,305 voters, and independent or other registration decreased by 338. Republican registration makes up 48 percent of the state electorate, Democratic registration makes up 41 percent, and independent or other makes up 11 percent.
The Secretary of State’s Office says 4,633 voters were removed from the rolls in February. 3,883 were deceased, 8 moved out of state, and 611 were convicted felons.
The deadline to register to vote in the 2026 general election is October 5. You can register or check your registration status by visiting govote.ky.gov, or by contacting your county clerk’s office.